Debbi Sweeney forwarded this story to me... >Pam, > >Here's one for the Covey group! I personally believe the cemetery's name >should, of course, be COVEY! > >Debbi (Covey) Sweeney ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ >Subject: news story > >When you hear the church bells ring, come out fighting > >TULSA, Okla. -- A family feud at a cemetery turned into a fist-flying, >hair-pulling melee. > >Two families claim ownership of the 118-year-old cemetery, which one >side calls Covey Cemetery and the other calls Rosencutter Cemetery. > >The Covey family, including Tulsa City Councilor Darla Hall, showed up >at the cemetery about 3 p.m. Sunday to put flowers on the graves. > >Members of the Rosencutter family were already there: Words were >exchanged and suddenly blows were flying. > >Donna Hart, a member of the Rosencutter family, said she was jumped as >she approached a woman harassing her husband. > >"I walked up to tell them to please get away from my husband and she >grabbed me with both hands in my hair," said Ms. Hart, showing two >sandwich bags full of hair she said she lost in the brawl. > >Ms. Hall, who has been a councilor since 1990, said she didn't know how >the fighting got started, although she believes the Rosencutters were >waiting to confront her family. > >Police arrived following the fight but no arrests were made. > >A civil suit to resolve the cemetery's ownership question is set for >trial June 24. > ********************************************************************* Pam Wood Waugh, 730 Dunhill Drive, Orlando, FL 32825 Please visit my Eastern Township Research Page (genealogy): http://www.magicnet.net/~moodies/et2.html Email: moodies@magicnet.net or waughp@ocps.k12.fl.us *********************************************************************